Four Pretoria suburbs were listed under the top 30 places where robbery with aggravated circumstances takes place.
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu released crime statistics on Friday, covering the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 2023/2024 ( January 1, 2024 to March 31, 2024) and the first quarter of the fiscal year 2024/2025 ( April 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024).
Deputy Ministers of Police Cassel Mathale accompanied him, National Commissioner General Fannie Masemola, Deputy National Commissioners in attendance, Special Adviser to the Minister Advocate Vusi Pikoli, and Thulani Sibuyi, Director-General of the Civilian Secretariat for the Police Service.
Here are the four places in Pretoria where you would likely get hijacked:
- Pretoria West in Pretoria had 58cases reported from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024.
- Loate had 53 cases reported from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024.
- Mamelodi East had 50 cases reported from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024.
- Rietgat had 141 cases reported from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024.
Aggravated robberies include hijacking, robbery at residential premises, robbery at non-residential premises, robbery of cash in transit, bank robbery and truck robbery.
Here are the four places in Pretoria where the most aggravated robberies were reported:
- Loate in Pretoria had 239 cases reported from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024.
- Pretoria West had 201 cases reported from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024.
- Akasia had 170 cases reported from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024.
- Temba had 169 cases reported from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024.
The crime statistics released paint a bleak picture, with a total of 6,198 murders reported across the country between April 2024 and June 2024.
Meanwhile, three suburbs of Pretoria are featured under the top 30 places in South Africa where you are most likely to get robbed.
- Brooklyn had 171 cases of common robbery reported from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024.
- Pretoria Central had 87 cases of common robbery reported from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024.
- Temba had 61 cases of common robbery reported from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024.
Rape crimes have increased from 9,252 to 9,309 nationally.
Two suburbs of Pretoria featured under the top 30 places in South Africa where rape is mostly reported:
- In Mamelodi East, a total of 44 cases of rape were reported from April 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024.
- In Rietgat, 34 cases of rape were reported from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024.
High on the Police Minister’s priority list for combating crime in South Africa is to protect and restore citizens’ sense of safety.
The professionalisation of the SAPS and the uprooting of corruption within the SAPS remains a challenge.
Mchunu said they are committed to enhancing the professionalism of the South African Police Service (SAPS).
“This entails rigorous training, a clear code of conduct, and a culture of excellence. Our officers must be equipped not only with the best practices but also with the highest standards of ethical behaviour. There are a number of recent criminal activities, which have featured the involvement of police members – understand us to be saying, no corruption of any kind will be tolerated within the SAPS throughout the various ranks.”
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